ABSTRACT
The Pacific Northwest is one of the regions with the highest frequency of typhoons, and Taiwan is located in this area. During the flood season, many heavy rains or typhoons threaten people's lives and property, and the damage caused by flooding is countless. Therefore, how to prevent disasters before they face them will indeed prevent unfortunate accidents from happening. In view of this, flood barrier has become one of the main ways to solve the problem. Although there are already many flood control products with excellent flood control effects on the market, their high price and large size make them difficult to collect, and many of these products often take time to assemble. Therefore, at present, the control flood method of many people is still based on sandbags to block water. However, sandbags’ flood-blocking effect is limited and cannot block excessive water volume. It cannot achieve substantial benefits in preventing flooding and reducing damage. This study focuses on the design for assembly flood gates that are easy to store and have an excellent flood-blocking effect. In addition to reducing the number of assembly steps, other materials will be considered for the easy-to-assemble parts to reduce the product's weight and achieve the goal of easy assembly. This study uses the systematic concurrent design methodology to obtain product design results. First, conduct market research and select products from different manufacturers for analysis and comparison. Through functional analysis and sorting out the problem points, the TRIZ theory and morphological chart method are used to find the best solution to the problem. Then, the best design scheme is obtained by the PUGH method. Besides, a 3D model to construct and present the design concept that meets the design goals. The research results are hoped to be used as a reference for designing and developing related products, thereby increasing the design for assembly of flood gates’ market share.
